Friday updates

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Cartersville company matching employee contributions to Haiti relief dollar for dollar: Applied Thermoplastic Resources has pledged to match each dollar donated by its employees to relief efforts in Haiti. To date, a combined $2,200 has been raised. ATR is partnering with the American Red Cross in the relief effort. You can read the company's announcement by clicking Match.

Bartow chamber's Health & Wellness Showcase next Thursday: The show is at The Church at Liberty Square, 2001 Liberty Drive, in Cartersville. A business-to-business networking is from 3 to 4 p.m.; a business card required for entrance. The event is open to the public from 4-7 p.m. with an admission charge of $2 or two non-perishable food items. Click Chamber

Graves' JOBS Act of 2010 OK'd by key commission: The House Committee on Small Business Development and Job Creation unanimously passed House Bill 1023, the Jobs, Opportunity, and Business Success Act of 2010 (JOBS Act of 2010) legislation, authored by state Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger. It is designed to stimulate the state's economy by providing tax credits, cuts and incentives to create, expand and attract new businesses in Georgia> Click

What's ahead in Bartow County:.

-Feb. 19-20: Steel Magnolias: StageWorks Inc. will presents Steel Magnolias,a perennial favorite of the South.  Performances are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.  Advanced tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students.  At the door adult tickets are $15 and students are $12.  To order tickets, you may call The Grand Theatre Box Office at 770-386-7343 and order with a credit card or come by our office in downtown Cartersville.

Convention & Visitors Bureau seeks feedback on Cartersville branding: Take a quick three-question survey on a new brand statement for Cartersville. Participants could win two adult admissions to Tellus. Click here to take survey.

The Cartersville-Bartow County Visitors Information Center seeks residents along the Old Dixie Highway in Emerson, Cartersville, Cassville and Adairsville who might have available yard sale spaces for rent during the upcoming Dixie Highway 90-mile Yard Sale June 4-6.  Any church, non-profit organization or resident on Ga. 293 in Emerson and Cartersville, Cassville Road, U.S. 41 north of Cassville and the Old Dixie Highway/Main Street in Adairsville would be eligible to rent spaces. Please call 770-387-1357 to list your available space.  There is no cost to participate. For more on the sale, please click here.

Georgia DOT is advising motorists of a lane closure on I-75 between Exits 345 and 348 in Catoosa County scheduled for Friday.  The right lane of I-75 northbound between mile markers 344 and 345.7 will be closed from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. to allow the department's maintenance crews to work on repairing deteriorating asphalt patches. 

Dining & Drink

-Latest public health inspection scores for Northwest Georgia> Dining

-Busy March coming together at North Georgia wineries> Wine

Your latest forecast:
-Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58.

-Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

-Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high of 62.

-Saturday night: Cloudys return, low of 32.

-Sunday: 20% chance of shower, high of 65.

-Sunday night: 70% chance of rain, low of 44.

-Extended forecast> Click  / Regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey?

-Tiger's much more important than Afghanistan and Iraq -- and that's the sad truth.